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Virgin CEO Richard Branson proposes to charge every company in the world a "Clean Energy Dividned" that will be used to invest in clean energy.
Energy

"This is a win-win all-round."

By Victor Tangermann

Human Surgeons Are “Barely Trained” on Operating Room Robots
Health & Medicine

"The radically different practice of robotic surgery greatly limited trainees’ role in the work."

By Victor Tangermann

The FCC has unanimously voted to clear "terahertz wave" frequencies for experimentation that could one day represent 6G connectivity.
FCC

Chairman Ajit Pai wants to "give innovators strong incentives to develop new technologies."

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of researchers says it's found 83 new supermassive black holes at extreme end of the visible universe.
Science & Energy

Don't worry, these monsters are too far away to hurt us.

By Jon Christian

The Pentagon Wants an Orbital Space Weapon to Blast Enemy Missiles
Off-World

"We now believe we can get it down to a package that we can put on as part of a payload to be placed on orbit."

By Jon Christian

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Moon

On Titan "we could actually attach wings to our arms and fly," says NASA researcher.

By Jon Christian

The makers of a new hypersonic rocket engine say it could whip flights from London to Sydney in just four hours, traveling at five times the speed of sound.
Advanced Transport

It could even be used to boost a space plane straight into orbit, the company says.

By Jon Christian

Tests show that dormant herpes viruses reactivate in more than half the astronauts who travel on the Space Shuttle and International Space station.
NASA

Tests show that dormant herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of astronauts.

By Jon Christian

A team from MIT and Harvard has created a robot hand that's not only strong, but also soft — and it could usher in a new era in robotics.
Robotics

The origami-inspired hand is both soft and strong.

By Kristin Houser

States Are Approving Cannabis to Fight Opioid Addiction
Health & Medicine

Two states have approved the treatment despite weak scientific evidence.

By Dan Robitzski

Many of today's medical implants communicate via Bluetooth, which makes them vulnerable to hacking, but a new system could change that.
Medical

Doctors are worried hackers will target life-saving implants.

By Kristin Houser

In April, bank hackers stole the equivalent of $20 million from Mexico's central bank thanks to a network rife with security flaws.
Hacking

A security advisor shares what he found in the heist's aftermath.

By Kristin Houser

Workplace messaging app Slack just announced that it banned 28 accounts that were known to be affiliated with hate groups.
Future Society

The business-oriented message board service axed 28 accounts.

By Dan Robitzski

2020 Presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke was reportedly part of the hacktivist group known as the Cult of the Dead Cow during his teenage years.
Hacking

The Cult of the Dead Cow recently claimed O'Rourke as one of their own.

By Dan Robitzski

During the unveiling of Tesla's highly anticipated Model Y, CEO Elon Musk announced that the company would focus on its Solar Roof and Powerwall in 2019.
Elon Musk

"Solar plus battery plus electric vehicles, we have a fully sustainable future."

By Kristin Houser

Jak Wilmot, co-founder of Disrupt VR, an Atlanta-based VR content studio, spent 168 consecutive hours in a VR headset, locked up in his apartment.
Virtual Reality

"This is quite possibly the dumbest thing I've ever done, but welcome to a week in the future."

By Victor Tangermann

Futurism acquired by Singularity University
Future Society

The future's about to get brighter around here. This is how.

By Foster Kamer

Google has a history of absorbing DeepMind's AI technology into its own projects. To protect the goldmine of AGI, DeepMind has safeguards in place.
Google

If DeepMind builds a superhuman AI, who will control it?

By Dan Robitzski

A Samsung exec has shared new details on the company's efforts to create a full-screen phone, one with the camera embedded beneath the display.
Robots and Machines

The company plans to embed all of the phone’s sensors beneath the screen.

By Kristin Houser

A new survey by AAA shows that most Americans distrust self-driving cars. In the past two years, public trust in the emerging technology has gone down.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Fear of the unknown meets well-publicized crashes.

By Dan Robitzski